25.02.2008
PRI meeting the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| PRI will be among other NGOs to meet the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbor, on her visit to Georgia on February 26
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25.02.2008
Meeting with Swedish Experts at PRI Office |
| On February 22, PRI met with Swedish probation experts: Cecilia Algelius and Per Bjorkgren, who have been conducting training and development work with the Probation Department in Tbilisi on risk and needs assessment and individual sentence planning. |
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25.02.2008
PRI to participate in Conference on Child and Juvenile Violence |
| On 27 and 28 February PRI will be participating in Conference on Child and Juvenile Violence, speaking about good practice examples in Criminal Justice
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22.02.2008
Deaths in Prisons, Official Statistics 2001-2007 |
| Deaths in Prisons, Official Statistics 2001-2007 |
22.02.2008
New Developments regarding National Prevention Mechanism and Anti-Torture Action Plan |
| PRI and other observer members of the Inter Agency Anti –Torture Council have met on February 19 to discuss how they could assist officials in re-activating this body, which has been tasked by the president with supporting development of an National (Torture) Prevention Mechanism (NPM) and developing an Anti-Torture Action Plan. |
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08.02.2008
Probation Roundtable in Kakheti |
| Another Probation roundtable conference was held at “Rcheuli Marani”, on February 8th, 2008 in Kakheti. Presentation of new Probation Law was made. |
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31.01.2008
One of the two Death Sentences had been Commuted |
| Penal Reform International received the information regarding that a death sentence was commuted in Sokhumi. According to reports one death row prisoner remains, Mr. Khaghba.
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31.01.2008
PRI States that Anti-Drug Strategy needs to have an element of Rehabilitation for addicted persons |
| PRI learned that a new draft law is initiated in the Parliament of Georgia, regarding the improvement of Anti-Drug legislation. |
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05.01.2008
PRI monitored 2008 Presidential Elections |
| Penal Reform International was registered as an international observer organization and was monitoring 2008 Presidential Elections in Gldani Prison #8 and Zugdidi Prison #4. |
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